Conductor&#39;s magnetic check-holder.



Patented July I8, I899.

' J. FLINNER. GONDUCTORS mensnc cHEcK HOLDER.

(Application filed Apr. 1'7, 1899.)

(No Model.)

NQYO-UTRCVWASHINGYON o c llirnn JOHN FLINNER, OF STANDISH, KANSAS.

CONDUCTORS MAGNETIC CHECK-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,932, dated July 18,1899.

Application filed April 17, 1899. Serial No. 713,418. (No model.)

To all ZU/I/OWL it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN FLINNER, residing at Standish, in the county ofLeavenworth and State of Kansas, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Conductors Magnetic Check-Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to magnetic devices for holding conductors checksin a convenladies to prevent the loss of their checks, as

it is impossible generally for them to secure the checks reliably andfirmly upon their hats, and they are frequently lost when stuck in acrevice in or near the window-casing. To obviate these annoyingfeatures, I have invented my magnetic check-holder, and that itsuccessfully accomplishes the object in view will be understood from theappended specification and accompanying drawings.

The invention consists in its novel and peculiar construction andarrangement of parts, as expressed in the claim appended to saidspecification, and in order that the invention may be fully understood Iwill proceed to describe it with reference to the said drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is an interior view of a part of a car with a magnetsecured to the wall of the car between each pair of windows that is,adjacent to each seat-said magnet forming a part of and being arrangedin accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective View, enlarged,of one of said magnets with a check magnetically supported thereby, saidcheck being constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 3 is adiagrammatic View showing, in place of the permanent magnet, Figs. 1 and2, electromagnets in circuit with a battery or other source of electricenergy, the substitution of electron] agnets for permanent magnets beingsimply the substitution of a mechanical equivalent.

In the said drawings, 1 designates the car, and 2 one of a series ofpermanent magnets ot the horseshoe type, by preference, there being onemagnet adjacent to each seat of the car, which magnets are secured inposition by means of screws 3 or any other suitable means. If desired,in place of the permanent magnet 2 there may be used electromagnets 5,electrically connected to a source of energy, such as a battery 6, bythe wires 7, which wires of course may be concealed from View, ifdesired. These electromagnets, however,would be a little more expensivethan the permanent magnets and would be demagnetized in case the batterybecame exhausted or the electrical connection with the same becamebroken. The permanent magnets, besides being always ready to do thework, are more ornamental in appearance and, givingalarger magneticsurface, make it easier for the conductor as he passes rapidly throughthe car to put the check against it than it would be to place it incontact with an electromagnet. The armature, which of course is adaptedfor use with either the permanent or the electro magnet, is composed ofa suitable strip of metal bent double along its middle, as shown at 8,and the check, of paper, as usual, and

numbered 9, carries such armature at one end, said armature as it isbent double being clamped firmly and permanently upon the check. Thechecks being of this construction, it is obvious that all that isnecessary for the conductor to do as he passes along the car is to putthe armature or metallic end 8 of the check against the magnet, when thelatter will by magnetic attraction retain it in a position where it isalways under the observation of the conductor as he passes through thecar. \Vhen the conductor desires to collect the checks, he simplyreaches over and disengages them from the magnet.

It is obvious that not only is a great deal of annoyance, trouble, andworry to all concerned eliminated by the use of this magnetic holder,but that the conductor saves a great deal of time both in thedistribution and in the collection of the checks.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters In testimony whereof I affix my signature Patent, isin the presence of two Witnesses.

A magnetic check-holder,comprising a mag- T net secured to the interiorof a car adjacent JOHN FLINL 120 each seat, and a check carrying at oneend Witnesses:

a metal bar Which serves as an armature for M. R. REMLEY, the magnet,substantially as described. H. C. RODGERS.

